Margo's True Identity In Paper Towns

A part of growing up means discovering one's true identity. In the book paper towns, the author johns green uses Margo (a character) to express how "strings" are what hold a person together; they represent having inner peace and emotional stability. In the beginning of the book Quintin has a flashback of his childhood with Margo and how they found a dead body in the park. Margo seemed to be fascinated, while quintin was disgusted, "maybe all the strings inside him broke," says Margo (r8). It shows from the very beginning how their identity was being molded but through out the book they are both in search for their true identity and these strings that Margo talks about represent the identity crisis which they both face.